Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-08


Field who first proposed the transatlantic
cable. Professor Morse and Matthew ID;
Field were content with the eXperlme nta'
cable to Newfoundland.
Mr.. Fields cable enterprises brought
him in close contact with the prlnclpal
people in this country and Europe. he
worked for several years and enlisted the
sympathy and assistance OF prominent
people In au enterprise which IN the mind
of the general public was wildly lmprac-
ticable and as dead rs Pharaoh be-
fore il was started lie succeeded after
he had risked everything, and to him the
success of the cable company meant Tor
time, Later Mr.. Field took hold OF the
elevated railroads in the same way, and
he has made great deal more money out
of them than he has lost in this recent
furry. Personally Mr.. Field is very
nervous man, full of energy, and by no
means devoid of kindly impulses. He has
frequently been accused OF toadylng to
titled foreigners, but it must be remem-
bered that as the active protector OF the cable
he became acquainted with the English no
bilitv and was received by them, it is but
natural that he should make some return
for their hospitality. He gives money
freely, but he wants to give it in his own
way. Some six or seven years ago he sent
DIR Chadbourne check for $40, 900 for the
purpose of widening and Strengthening
mart of the HoOSac river that the Williams
College boys might nave a rowing course.
DIR. Cnadbourne, who had charming fash
ion of doing exactly as he choose and who
had no sympathy with athletics, used the
money to lay out park IN Wllllamstown,
which he called Field park. MIR. Field
wanted the boys to have boat course and
he did not care a rap for the park, and
during the correspondence which ensued
DIR. Chadbourne many times wished that
he had done as he was directed instead OF
taking the matter into his own hands.
This fight with the faculty and many 9th
or Gifts to the college endeared Mr.. Field
To the students, and il would be pretty
difficult to find a Williams College
graduate who has not q warm corner In his
heart for Uncle Cyrus" as he Is called
with that boyish familiarity that nick
names the grayest and most sedate. His
son BILLY" was a student In Williams,
and married charming young lady from
the old college town. The marriage was
a romantic one, aud doubt if the story is
generally known. BILLY" had been at
tentive to the young lady some time, but
the affair was generally regarded as
college mash, " which would cease with
the senior year. He was sunstruck one
day on the ball ground, and if l remember
rightly he was taken te-her house and she
nnrsed him through his sickness. One
night Billy became possessed of the idea
that no would die before morning, and he
insisted on marrying his fair nurse. The
doctor and a clergyman were called, and
at midnight, in the presence Of
the doctor and two or three classmates, the
ceremony was performed. Billy was satis-
fed and went quietly to sleep. When he
awOke next morning he had taken turn
for the better, and was on the high road to
recovery. Then his father was informed,
and he came to Williamstown in no very
pleasant state of mind. If anybody doubts